Loved ones hoping for clues in mysterious disappearance of Wisconsin man Ronald Henry

“He likes to be round folks,” Tonya Makinye informed Dateline about her son, Ronald. “He loves serving to folks.”

Thirty-four-year-old Ronald Henry was final seen on December 5, 2022, in Platteville, Wisconsin.

Tonya informed Dateline that Ronald grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with seven siblings. “Ronald was my third born,” Tonya mentioned.

“There’s not too many individuals you may discover that in case you requested them about Ronald, that will say dangerous issues,” Tonya informed Dateline “He’s enjoyable to be round.”

Tonya informed Dateline that Ronald was residing along with her youngest son in Milwaukee. She mentioned she spoke with Ronald on December 3, and every thing appeared regular. “We simply mainly all the time be in contact with one another,” Tonya mentioned. “Simply to see what he was doing and every thing.”

That was the final time Tonya spoke with Ronald.

Tonya informed Dateline that on Thursday, December 1, Ronald took a Greyhound bus to Platteville – about two hours away from Milwaukee – for work. “He did farm work in Platteville and he’s gone there earlier than to try this,” Tonya mentioned. She informed Dateline that Ronald was pals with the folks he labored for and would keep on the farm, too. “These are people who he had identified for years.”

Tonya informed Dateline that Ronald was supposed to go away the farm on December 17 to go again to Milwaukee. However someday within the night of Sunday, December 4, into the early morning hours of December 5, Ronald disappeared.

Based on Tonya, she acquired a apprehensive name from Ronald’s girlfriend, Alicia Bennett, on Wednesday, December 7. “His girlfriend known as me and informed me she hadn’t heard from Ronald ever since Sunday night time,” Tonya mentioned.

Dateline spoke with Alicia, who mentioned that she had been courting Ronald for seven months. “We really met at our place of business,” Alicia mentioned. “He simply lights up the room when he walks in.”

Alicia mentioned she final spoke along with her boyfriend on December 4. “Our final dialog was sort of like a, ‘Goodnight, I’ll discuss to you tomorrow,’” Alicia mentioned. “He informed me when he had gotten dwelling at midnight after which he mentioned goodnight.”

Alicia informed Dateline that when she didn’t hear from Ronald the subsequent day, she initially wasn’t too apprehensive. “We had been in an argument a bit bit earlier on Sunday,” Alicia mentioned. “So I believed he was simply ignoring me on Monday when he didn’t name.”

However by the subsequent day, Alicia mentioned she knew one thing was fallacious. “I began to get actually involved as a result of he doesn’t go greater than — I imply, possibly 4 or 5 hours, with out speaking to me,” Alicia mentioned. “So having him go the entire day Monday till the subsequent day, I used to be involved immediately.”

Alicia informed Dateline she started contacting Ronald’s household to see in the event that they heard from him. She mentioned she additionally reached out to Ronald’s good friend on the farm the place he’d been staying. “He mentioned he final noticed Ronald [Monday] morning round 3:30 a.m.,” Alicia recalled. “They had been sort of texting forwards and backwards when Ronald was on the sofa and [he] was in his room.”

However she mentioned the good friend informed her when he wakened the subsequent day, Ronald wasn’t there.

Dateline has reached out to the good friend however has but to obtain a response.

Alicia informed Dateline on Wednesday, December 7, that she reported Ronald lacking to the Grant County Sheriff’s Workplace in Lancaster, Wisconsin.

The following day, the Grant County Sheriff’s Workplace posted on Fb that their workplace “performed a seek for Ronald Henry this afternoon using a drone, helicopter & K9.” The publish provides that “info was additionally acquired from two eyewitnesses who had noticed Mr. Henry within the metropolis of Platteville for the reason that time he was initially lacking.”

No additional info has been launched and it’s unclear of any of these sighting have confirmed to be true.

Alicia mentioned that investigators performed a search on the farm. “The deputies mentioned that they introduced out an eight-dog cadaver staff,” Alicia mentioned. “That’s sort of the place we’re at proper now — a bunch of looking.”

Ronald’s cousin Christian Mariscal-Henry informed Dateline that he has been serving to with the seek for his “favourite” cousin. “We appeared on the farm. We appeared in and out,” Christian mentioned.

Christian mentioned he additionally spoke with Ronald’s good friend who lives on the farm. “[He] was very cooperative,” Christian mentioned. “He simply appears actually involved, too. [He] got here together with us and helped us look down the roads.” However they discovered no signal of Ronald.

“It’s simply not like him to only, you already know, disappear,” Christian informed Dateline on Tuesday. “He’s an enormous sports activities fan — Packers fan. He was alleged to go to the Packers recreation yesterday. He had received two free tickets.”

However Ronald didn’t go to the sport. And his household continues to be looking for him.

“It’s simply all types of various rumors going round,” Tonya Makinye informed Dateline about her son’s disappearance. “I don’t care the place he at. He would discover a option to simply name his household.”

Ronald’s girlfriend, Alicia, informed Dateline that she began the ‘Discover Ronald Henry’ Fb web page devoted to spreading consciousness and in search of solutions.

Ronald is round 5’7” and weighs 170 lbs. He has lengthy braids and a mustache. He was final seen carrying a blue coat, basketball shorts, and darkish tennis sneakers.

Anybody with info on Ronald’s whereabouts is requested to name the Grant County Sheriff’s Workplace 608-723-2157 or Grant County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-789-6600.